How to get to Krivoy Rog

There is no flights to Krivoy Rog, so you can:
Fly to Dnepropetrovsk and

a) take a taxi to Krivoy Rog (more convenient) Our stuff in Dnepropetrovsk office will meet you at the airport and requests a taxi to Krivoy Rog. Taxi costs about $80 and takes 1.5 hours to get to Krivoy Rog.

b) take a mini-van to Krivoy Rog. Mini-vans from Dnepropetrovsk for Krivoy Rog goes every 30 minutes, from 7 a.m till 8 p.m. One way ticket costs about $3. It goes from the train station in Dnepropetrovsk and comes to the train station in Krivoy Rog. It takes 2 hours to get to Krivoy Rog by mini-van. Our stuff in Dnepropetrovsk office will meet you at the airport, help you with a taxi to the bus station and requests a mini-van to Krivoy Rog.

c) take a train to Krivoy Rog (not recommended)

2. Fly to Kiev and take an over night train to Krivoy Rog.

You can fly to Kiev and take an over night train to Krivoy Rog.

Departure from Kiev 22:22; Arriving to Krivoy Rog 06:27

Departure from Krivoy Rog 20:27; Arriving to Kiev 06:06

Krivoy Rog airport

Airport Code: KWG
Airport Name : Krivoy Rog (?)
Runway Length : Unknown (add)
Runway Elevation : Unknown (add)
City: Krivoy Rog (?)
Country: Ukraine (?)
Country Abbrev.: UA (?)
Airport Guide: Unavailable
Longitude: 33° 13’ 0” E (?)
Latitude : 48° 3’ 0” N (?)
World Area Code : 488 (?)
GMT Offset : -2.0 (?)

РJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih"

On the eve of the International Volunteer Day at OJSC “ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog” the conclusions of the work which had been done by the staff of the enterprise in 2009 were made.

Starting in November last year the volunteers’ movement obtained mass character at the Ukrainian enterprise and its program is taking shape in different directions. Among them – donation, multisided aid to municipal hospitals and children’s educational institutions, target campaigns of books, toys, clothes collection for children from orphanages and boarding schools, participation of the enterprise’s volunteers in improving parkland areas and streets of Krivoy Rog.

“Nothing is more important than the interconnection between people which we are creating listening to our hearts while doing our volunteer deeds. This work comes far beyond the borders of our enterprise. Our target is to facilitate such interconnection, including unique opportunities of the volunteers’ movement. I thank all employees of the enterprise who are acting very actively in the name of good, supporting those who really need their aid, giving not only their own time but a portion of their souls, creativity and own gifts”, noticed Jean Jouet, CEO OJSC “ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog”, Chairman of Volunteer Committee of the enterprise during the meeting.

Personal volunteer activities of Jean Jouet and also his great contribution in development of the movement were granted with acknowledgement of Krivoy Rog Mayor’s Office. The most active volunteers – representatives of different shops and Veterans Organization of the enterprise were awarded with “Certificate of Acknowledgement” of OJSC “ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog” and a special insignia on the meeting. A symbolic message of which, a message to create good is the sign itself in the shape of a heart consisting of a number of palms put together.

Obtaining the awards the leader of the sports volunteer movement, deputy chairman of the sports club “Bogatyr”, Viktor Knyazev noticed, “We want to give the sense and public importance to the movement. The best sportsmen of the enterprise, as volunteers, conduct trainings in volleyball, mini-football and darts in several city’s children’s institutions every day. These activities are not of one-time character, children can rely on us. And most of children, when grown up, I am sure, will be volunteers too”.

The potential of the volunteers’ movement in the staff of OJSC “ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog” was noted by the representative of the Corporation Management, HR Executive Vice-President of ArcelorMittal, Bernard Fontana. Taking the floor at the feast he said, “Employees of the enterprise including the young people are different not only in the professional qualification level but also in their own wish to help the people surrounding us, with their natural gifts to promote transformation of tomorrow. I wish you all to realize these beautiful charitable targets and further to improve the volunteer movement”.

Krivoy Rog features

Krivoy Rog stretches from the north to the south (from the north-east to the south-west to be more exact) for no more than 75 km (but not 120 km as a lot of inhabitants think). At present Krivoy Rog is the second important city in Dnepropetrovsk oblast.
The city is the cultural center of the region, there is a number of Universities:
Krivorozhsky Technical University;
Krivorozhsky Institute of Economics of Kievsky National Economical University;
Krivorozhsky State Teacher’s Training College;
Krivorozhsky Faculty of National metallurgical academy of Ukraine;
Krivorozhsky learning center of Odessky National Academy of Law.
There is a theater and museums in the city. The largest museum is Krivoy Rog historical and local study museum located at Kaunasskaya Street, 16a.
Krivoy Rog is a large industrial center, a center of Krivorozhsky iron ore basin (Krivbass). Main industries: machine-building; food industry; chemical industry; concentrating mills; iron ore mining; ferrous metallurgy.

Krivoy Rog history

1775 is considered the official date of Krivoy Rog foundation. The first settlements were founded by Zaporozhye Cossacks in 17th century. The first record of Krivoy Rog refers to April 27th, 1775.
Main documents on Krivoy Rog history dated back to 1734-1761 burnt in 1941: the car with the documents was bombed near Nikopol. Academician Vasily Zuyev who visited this place in 1781, suggested that the name of the town could mean “crooked cape” after twisting river-bed of the Saksagan where it flows into the river Ingulets.
In 1881 iron ore began be mined and the town grew economically as well as its population. In 1919 Krivoy Rog became a part of Yekaterinoslavskaya gubernia. During Civil War it was one of the centers of anarchist movement headed by Nestor Makhno.
During World War II the city was occupied by German troops (on August 15th, 1941-1944) and considerably destroyed. After the war Krivoy Rog was rebuilt partly by captive Germans and turned into an industrial center of the oblast.
The area's industrial growth began in the 1880s, when European investment founded a mining syndicate. The metallurgical works in the city, Kryvorizhstal, in particular, expanded through Soviet times, and now remain some of the largest in the world.
During the Russian Civil War, the city and its hinterland were at the nucleus of Nestor Makhno's anarchist insurgency.
During World War II, Kryvyi Rih was almost totally destroyed by the fleeing Red Army. After the war people lived among the ruins while housing stocks were rebuilt. The housing shortage was met by innovative technological solutions, which meant temporary barracks and houses could be built quickly. The two kinds of cheap new materials were used later for years afterwards.

Krivoy Rog overview

Krivoy Rog (also spelled Kryvyi Rih) is a city situated in Dnepropetrovsk oblast of Ukraine. Krivoy Rog is the longest city in Europe (the distance between Terni district and Ingulec district is about 75 kilometers). Also Krivoy Rog maximum width is about 15 kilometers. Krivoy Rog is cultural center of Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Krivoy Rog city has the population of about 752,000 (2010).
The phone codes of the city are +380-564, +380-56 (for 7 digits numbers beginning with 4); the postal codes are 50000-50479.

Krivoy Rog city flag

Krivoy Rog city coat of arms